![]() ![]() Wicks was the science outreach communicator for Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution onboard the R/V Atlantis for Popping Rocks Cruise in March/April 2016. ![]() Her work in science education and outreach continues in her comics. She was a program educator at the New England Aquarium for eight years, teaching people about awesomeness of marine science. When she is not busy making comics, Wicks can be found prepping slides for her collection of vintage microscopes, traveling, scuba diving, hiking, and baking cookies. Her next book is Astronauts: Women on the Final Frontier, written by Jim Ottaviani (February 2020). She shared her love of the ocean in Coral Reefs: Cities of the Ocean (2016). ![]() ![]() Wicks wrote and illustrated Human Body Theater (2015), a 240-page book about the major systems of the human body told in comics format. Wicks is the illustrator of the book Primates (2013), written by Jim Ottaviani. She has written, drawn, and colored comics for First Second Books, the New England Aquarium, and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, as well as Spongebob Comics, Marvel Comics, and DC Comics. Maris Wicks is a writer and illustrator of science comics as well as a self-proclaimed nerd. ![]()
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